Bill Jackson (bowls)

Bill Jackson
Personal information
Nationality Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Born(1915-10-19)19 October 1915
Cape Town, South Africa
Sport
ClubAvondale Sport Club, Salisbury
Medal record
Representing Southern Rhodesia
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff singles
Representing Rhodesia and Nyasaland
Commonwealth Games
1962 Perth pairs

William J. R. Jackson (born 19 October 1915) is a former Rhodesian international lawn bowler.[1][2]

Jackson won two bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games; a singles bronze at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff and a pairs bronze at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Bowls tawa. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ "William J. R. Jackson". Rhodesian Sport Profiles.
  3. ^ Newby, Donald (1991). Bowls Yearbook 91. Telegraph Publications. ISBN 0-330-31664-8.
  4. ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - BOWLS". GBR Athletics.
  5. ^ ""Empire Games Results." Times, 26 July 1958, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archives. 26 July 1958. p. 3.